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THEATRE

TO-DAY to WEDNESDAY Daily at 2.50, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.

THE HONGKONG

FRUSTRATED.

TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1930.

GODOWN ROBBERY | LIGHT DUES TO BE POLISH REPLY TO

DOUBLED.

WATCHMAN'S STRUGGLE WITH NEW SCALE OPERATION ON

FIVE MEN.

USED REVOLVER BUTT.

A daring attempt at a big scale robbery from a godown early yes the fact that one of the five men engaged in the enterprise fouled

A PICTURE YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS terday morning was frustrated by

IT'S ALL REAL. IT'S ALL TRUE' YOU THRILL WITH 42 DARING MEN!

FIRST

and

EXCLUSIVE SHOWING IN

HONGKONG

Danger-Romance

Adventure.

"WITH BYRD

AT THE

SOUTH POLE

A Paramount Picture

The Amazing Feats of a Valiant Band of Mon Led

by Admiral Byrd.

WITH THE ACTUAL FLIGHT OVER THE POLE VIVIDLY DESCRIBED BY FLOYD GIBBONS

NEXT

CHARLES BUDDY"

ROGERS

CHANGE

Safety in Numbers

A Puramount Ficture

Booking at Anderson's & The Theatre. Tol. 25720)

The MARX BROS

in

THE

"COCOANUTS"

with

OSCAR MARY SHAW EATON

TO-DAY at

2.30, 5.30, 7,80 & 9.20

p.m

All-talking, All-singing, All-dancing.

Famakers that have delighted thousands of un- diensasi Złag• feida fascinating Stars, inclus. dunting, mak- inglove!

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

›Nathan “Mõnd, Kowloon,

Phone BTBRİ.

"Printed and Published for the Proprietors by Frumtox PERʊF FRANKLIN, at 1 and B. Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria Hengkons

JANUARY IST.

AMENDED TABLE.

An increase in the light dues, payable by ships entering

GERMANY.

GERMAN PASTOR'S PART IN DISTURBANCES.

AT THE

POLICEMAN'S DEATH.

Warsaw, Nov. 28. tho The Polish Government has In- issue of the Government Gazette, plying to the German statement harbour, la notified in the current ued an official communique re-

amending Table P of German excesses in Polish Upper: the Merchant Shipping Ordinance Silesin. of 1899.

a burglar alarm device and brought it made by the Governor-issued yesterday alleging anti-

an armed watchman on the scene.

of There were a few moments sklrinish, the burglars attacking the watchman with bamboo polen, but he took one prisoner by strik ing him on the head with the tatt

revolver. The mar of his charged to-day, and the case proceeding.

The amended Table now reads: 1. All ships, other than river steamers, which enter the waters of the Colony, except British and foreign ships of war and in wessels of less than 20 tons.

shall pay the following dites, viz:-| four cents per ton.

WILH

The incident occurred at 22, Johnston Rand, Wanchal. In the basement which is used as a go- down by the Dunlop Cycle DATA. To gain entry. the burglars had to overcome u

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2. Such dues shall be paid at the time of entry.

3. All river stenters which Com-enter the waters of the Colony by five day or by night. shall pay 14 duurconta per ton.

and a gate containing five padlocks, Previously, vessels other than

is believed they did so by means of duplicate keys.

The communique declares that Polish police officer recently died from injuries received during the disturbances, and that a Ger- man doctor refused to attend him. All those arrested and charged the with his murder belong to

The Minority.

.com. German munique attributes the murder to anti-Polish agitation carried on by the local German pastor.

The German statement, it will declared that the he recalled. death of the police officer had not been proved.

The connexion of the German river steamers paid two cents per pastor with whatever incidents oc- ton, and river steamers paid five-curred aeem to be borne out by

Manse was

searched and the

A truck was outside for the ear-sixths of a cent. The new scale the German resume of the events, on January 1, which mentions that the German riage of several large packing comes into force cases which the intruders were pre- next. paring to remove when they were Interrupted,

PRINCE TO VISIT BRAZIL.

ON RETURN JOURNEY FROM ARGENTINE.

THIS AFTERNOON'S

RACING.

NATIONALIST II FOR THE ST. ANDREW'S STAKES.

[By "Ringtall."}

at

London, Nov. 28, H.R.H, the Prince of Wales has The eleventh extra meeting of Club Hongkong Jockey accepted an Invitation, extended the

will be held through the Brazilian Ambassador which

Valley this afternoon is in London, by the Provisional the Governadst of Brazil £1 visit of such an interesting nature that Brazil on his return journey from it should attract a big Argenting next spring.

In delivering the invitation, the Ambassador emphasised the great pleasure which the tisit would afford his Government and the Brazilian nation, and expressed the hope that the invitation would be considered as proof of the high respect and great esteem in which the Prince is held in Brazil and of the traditional friendship of Krazi for Great Britain-British

Wireless,

THE ANGLO-SOVIET DEBTS.

CLAIMS COMMITTEE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS,

London, Nov. 28:---- A communique regarding the Anglo-Soviet Debts and Claims Committee, which held its seventh meeting yesterday, sintes that re garding the allocation of claims Mn8 counter-claime among the various sub-committees, substan tial progress has been made, and now only two questions are out. standing before the work of the sub-committees begins,

It has been decided to set up two additional sub-committees. one to deal with the claims of the Soviet Government,' and another with those of private Soviet citizens for losses and damages caused by intervention.-British Wireless.

LADY ILLUSIONIST.

MME. DESMONDE COMING ON

MONDAY.

Magic, feats of telepathy, amaz- Ing escapes, mistress of clairvoy- ance, that is Madame Dauphin- Desmunde, the world famous illa- alonist and the only white woman who has beaten the indian fakirs at their

own game. She will por- form at the Star Theatre, Kowloon, from Monday.

Local theatre-goers will do well to make it a point not to miss this remarkable performance that is at the

least unique to Hongkong. Madamu

Dauphin-Deamonde is assisted by a bevy of beauties led Hodson who was till Teska lately with John Tiller's world famous dancing girls.

by

Booking is open at Moutrie's and the Star Theatre, and patrons are recommended to make their reserva tlons early.

crowd.

Even if the geing is on the hard side it will not effect the strength of the fields, which will be of good dimensions in all the events.

We shall see some useful and well seasoned

the principal race on the programme, which is the St. Andrew's Stakes over a distance of one mile and three quarters. Quiet confidence

ja

runnere

in

evident with regard the possibility of Nationalist I carry ing off this event; and candidly I do not see what is to prevent this excellent stayer from anexing the valuable prize. My selections

re:

1st Race.

Kom Tong Hall Ploughman Heretofore

2nd Race.

Royal Flush Chesapeake Bay Majestic Hall

ard Race.

Grey Dawn City Hall Mount Elbury

4th Race. Christmas Bell Piccy Shanghal Beau

5th Race.

Nationalist II. President Hall Sitting Bull

6th Race.

Lobster Bay Marquias Hall Misty Eve

7th Race,

African Eve Christmas Frolic Fifty Fifty.

8th face.

Osirie Movanagher Mongolian Stag

9th Race.

Peppercorn

The Tiger Little Thunder

SUNDAY CARGO PERMITS.

HIGHER FEES FOR LARGE VESSELS.

The Gazutie, contains details of the new scale of Sunday' cargo The breaking of a derrick, when working permits which are to Jifting a shoet of metal, at Kowloon wharf No. 6, yesterday, resulted in come into, force on January 1st

next. a workman being decapitated. Those show that the scale is un! The victim Au Chuen, who

WAR ved in Shanghai Street, Yaumati

Yaumati,altored in the case of veanole up

and he is survived by a wife and to 9,000 tons reglater, but the family. It appears that when the following now rates have been derrick, which was on a lighter, added:

broke the sheet of metal fell and Between 8,000 and 4,000 tons struck the back of the unfortunate $250,

man's head at the base, death being Between 4,000 and 5,000 tons.- Instantaneous. The

"WG8 || 8900,00 body conveyed to Kawloon mortuary.

Over 5,000 tons,--$350.

church

Reuter,

organist maltreated.

EXPLOSIVE STORAGE

CHARGES.

NEW RATES IMPOSED BY

The

GOVERNMENT.'

Gazette notifies that the scales of charges anal all other matter contained in Table R in the Schedule to the Merchant Ship- ping Ordinance, 1899, have been rescinded and the following is sub- stituted as charges for the storage of gunpowder and other explosives in the Government Depots:

The minimum charge for each 50 s. or fruction of 50 lbs., gross weight, shall be $i fraction of a month: except above, the charge shall be 25 cents for each 50 lbs, or fraction of 50 for a month jbs., gross weight.

A mouth

24

or

38

or fraction of a month.

The weight of the various pack- ages will be determined at the time of storing, and no alteration will be allowed after they have been received into the magazine.

The Government will not be respon. sible for damage by explosion, or by Insufficient or improper pack- ing: and, as wooden packages are able to the attacks of white ants, they should be tin-lined, and the Ilning should be intact.

TO STOP BABIES

-CRYING:

SUGGESTION OF CRUEL TREATMENT.

The police are investigating a moal unusual case of what is des eribed as treatment to children to prevent them from crying exces sively, the enquiries following the removal to hospital of a baby which had been suffering from burns to its facz.

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Only a brief account of the be- currence was issued in the reports from Police leadquarters this morning. It would appear that the baby had been crying, and, to nt op it, a woman named wong Sal chúng administered certnin "treatment for excessive crying." The exact nature of the treatment is not known, but the child was found suffering from burns to its face and was immediately removed to the Government Civil Hospital. In the meantime, the woman who is alleged to have administered the extraordinary treatment to the child, has been dotafned by the police for enquiries.

AMERICA AND WORLD

COURT.

:་ PROTOCOL TO GO BEFORE SENATE.

Washington, Nov. 28. President. Hoover to-day an

for nounces that the Protocols America's adherence to the Inter- national Court of Justice at The Hague, will be submitted to the Senate and House of Representa tives during the coming session.- Reuter's American Service.

STRIKERS & GUARDS CLASH.

SWORDS AND REVOLVERS USED IN TOKYO.

Tokyo, Nov, 29, Nineteen were seriously injured as the result of a clash between strikers and guards employed by the Takasaki Cardboard Company.

Both sides used swords, revolvers and sticks..

The police Intervened and

premises. now guarding the Reuter

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MEN FELL FOR HER! WOMEN HATED HER!

The

She braved

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LADY of SCANDAL

TO-MORROW

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CHASING RAINBOWS

•

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“SHE GOES TO WAR"

AT THE

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